This was my second Christmas with my kids. One of them is two and a half years old.
The amount of energy and attention a child this age requires is quite stressful for me.
At school they have almost unlimited toys, games and friends to play with.
In the house, we’re pretty limited.
They’re already bored with the current selection of toys and the new ones from Christmas will also be tossed aside within a matter of days.
Thinking of plans every day is exhausting, but the magic that is created during this time makes it worth it.
Today was their first day back at school, and after leaving them with their friends and walking away, the last two weeks felt as if they never happened.
All this to say, in the moment of stress and anxiety and pain, physical and emotional, once the moment passes and it’s back to business as usual, it’s as if none of it even happened. A memory of stress, a memory of physical pain.
So whatever you’re going through now, it will pass and soon it will feel like a distant dream.